Country of origin: Finland Location: Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo Status: Active Formed in: 1985 Genre: Heavy/Power Metal Themes: Pain, Corruption, Fantasy Current label: King Foo Records Years active: 1982-1985 (as Purgatory), 1985-2015, 2023-present On March 2, 2023, the band announced a one-off reunion scheduled to take on place at Sawohouse Underground / Old Farts Rock on July 26, 2023 in Kuopio, Finland. Later they confirmed more festival shows for 2024. Tommi Salmela has been involved with Tarot for many years, originally as a roadie before providing backing vocals both on record and on stage. He was later made a full-time member of the band and now performs co-lead vocals with Marko Hietala. The Hietala brothers both use stage names slightly different from their real names (their real names are Marko and Sakari). Marco Hietala sings for Sapattivuosi, a band that performs Black Sabbath covers in Finnish. He also sings for Northern Kings, an 80s pop cover project also featuring Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto of Charon, Jarkko Ahola of Teräsbetoni and Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica. 芬兰重金属乐队，1982年（1982-1985 as Purgatory）于 Kuopio 成立。成员：主唱/贝斯 Marko (Marco) Hietala（1982-2021），吉他 Zachary Hietala（Marko 的哥哥）(1982–present) ，键盘 Janne Tolsa（Eternal Tears Of Sorrow）(1988–present)，Tommi “Tuple” Salmela – sampler, backing vocals (2006–present)。